She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn't hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room for her nephew when her brother died of AIDS. And even now in her 50s, she took in a baby that wasn't her own.

Executives of the embattled Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation held conference calls with affiliates Saturday to discuss a new strategy for working with supporters, a first step in rebuilding trust after last week's public relations fiasco surrounding Komen's off-then-on-again decision to fund Planned Parenthood.

The closely watched early states are done, and the competition has been whittled down to a hardy four candidates. The next landmark day is a month off - March 6, otherwise known as Super Tuesday.

The one problem with that: We have no idea when Texas will hold its primary. A spat over redistricting is likely to push it beyond its scheduled date, April 3.

But Romney's apparently large margin of victory may say more about his opponents than his own candidacy.

It means "something small" in Swahili, and it refers to the bribes Kenyans pay minor bureaucrats, such as policemen and utility company employees, to make life easier. For decades, Kenyans had only their relatives and friends to complain to. Until now, that is.

"I wouldn't be able to find work anywhere else," said Meredith, 58, who earns $7.75 an hour making army uniforms at a factory near Baltimore, under a much-praised initiative started in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.